[Chimera-users] symmetric fitting

Tom Goddard goddard at cgl.ucsf.edu
Tue Oct 7 10:01:01 PDT 2008


Hi Sudheer,

  This means your GroEL map does not have the cylinder axis along z.  
When you press the Orient button in the volume dialog you can see the 
orientation, the screen horizontal axis is x, the screen vertical axis 
is y, and in/out of the screen is z.

  I've attached a Python script that can produce the symmetry matrices 
for different cylinder axes.  You run it by opening it in Chimera and 
the output is seen in the Reply Log (Favorites menu).  You'll need to 
edit the script to use the correct axis.

    Tom


skmolugu at miners.utep.edu wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> I have used the matrix file you have gave me and could succesfully generate the coordinates file. After saving the pdb file with the new coordinates, I reopened the saved pdb file that has 14 subunits and it is turns out to be  perpendicular to map that has been used. How can I avoid this problem?
> thank you very much for your time,
> sincerely,
> sudheer.
> ----------------------------------------
>   
>> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:06:32 -0700
>> From: goddard at cgl.ucsf.edu
>> To: skmolugu at miners.utep.edu
>> CC: chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] symmetric fitting
>>
>> Hi Sudheer,
>>
>>    Figuring out the symmetry matrices for using the symmetric fitting 
>> capability
>>
>> http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/tutorials/volumetour/volumetour.html#symcopies
>>
>> requires some work.  First note that the symmetry matrices you want are 
>> those that transform (rotate and shift) the volume data to an identical 
>> configuration.
>>
>>    Your case is 2 stacked 7-mer rings.  Assuming the z axis is the 
>> symmetry axis of the map (need to set origin so the center of the 
>> cylinder is at xyz = 0,0,0 in the volume dialog Coordinates panel) you 
>> could just compute the needed rotation matrices
>>
>>   cos(a), sin(a), 0
>> -sin(a), cos(a), 0
>>        0,      0, 1
>>
>> Could write a script (python script attached) or use a calculator.  Also 
>> you want to flip around x axis by 180 degrees to get 7 more rotations 
>> with the two 7-member rings exchanged.  With that approach I get the 
>> following lines to add to the PDB file:
>>
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     0    1.000000   0.000000   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     0   -0.000000   1.000000   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     0    0.000000   0.000000   1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     1    0.623490   0.781831   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     1   -0.781831   0.623490   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     1    0.000000   0.000000   1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     2   -0.222521   0.974928   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     2   -0.974928  -0.222521   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     2    0.000000   0.000000   1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     3   -0.900969   0.433884   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     3   -0.433884  -0.900969   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     3    0.000000   0.000000   1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     4   -0.900969  -0.433884   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     4    0.433884  -0.900969   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     4    0.000000   0.000000   1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     5   -0.222521  -0.974928   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     5    0.974928  -0.222521   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     5    0.000000   0.000000   1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     6    0.623490  -0.781831   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     6    0.781831   0.623490   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     6    0.000000   0.000000   1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     7    1.000000  -0.000000   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     7   -0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     7    0.000000   0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     8    0.623490  -0.781831   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     8   -0.781831  -0.623490   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     8    0.000000   0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1     9   -0.222521  -0.974928   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2     9   -0.974928   0.222521   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3     9    0.000000   0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1    10   -0.900969  -0.433884   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2    10   -0.433884   0.900969   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3    10    0.000000   0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1    11   -0.900969   0.433884   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2    11    0.433884   0.900969   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3    11    0.000000   0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1    12   -0.222521   0.974928   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2    12    0.974928   0.222521   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3    12    0.000000   0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT1    13    0.623490   0.781831   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT2    13    0.781831  -0.623490   0.000000   0.000000
>> REMARK 350   BIOMT3    13    0.000000   0.000000  -1.000000   0.000000
>>
>> If your map origin is not the center of symmetry or an x-axis flip is 
>> not a symmetry then these matrices won't work.  You can try to set the 
>> correct origin -- the right value can be found with some tricky use of 
>> the output of the Fit in Map tool, fitting one copy of the map into 
>> another copy.  Or you could fit one copy of the map to another and use 
>> the matrixget command to output that symmetry matrix to a file, then do 
>> that for all symmetries to create the needed matrix text.
>>
>> As you see this process has not yet been made easy.
>>
>> 	Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> skmolugu at miners.utep.edu wrote:
>>     
>>> HI,
>>> In the symmetric fitting model session that explains about the symmetry generation, i did not understand the method to generate the matrix. I am working on a chaperonin protein called GroEL. It has 14 subunits with seven fold symmetry. can you please explain me how to update the pdb and the matrix values that i need to put in the pdb file.
>>> thankyou,
>>> sudheer
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